Another Western Oregon pitcher drafted

Jason Wilson, who compiled a 5-2 record this spring for Western
Oregon, was taken in the 26th round of the major-league draft Wednesday
by Tampa Bay.

Wilson is the second Western Oregon pitcher
taken in this year's draft joining Grady Wood, who was selected in the
10th round Tuesday by the Mariners. Wilson and Wood were teammates at
Chemeketa before transferring to WOU.

Wilson, who graduated
from Summit High School in Bend, ranked sixth this year in the GNAC in
ERA (4.65) and was a first team GNAC all-league selection along with
Wood.

The two are the fourth and fifth WOU pitchers
selected in the draft since 2006 when Nick Waechter was a 23rd round
selection by the New York Mets.

Blake Keitzman was taken by
the Mariners in the 15th round in 2009. He didn't sign and then fell to
the 27th round in 2010 before being selected by Colorado. Jacob Pettit
was a 42nd round pick in 2010 by Baltimore.

Thomas
McCarthy, who led the GNAC in hitting for WOU in 2009 with a .461
average before transferring, was selected in the 18th round out of
Kentucky by the Chicago White Sox.